11.26.17 - Worship Order (Christ the King) Web

Sunday, November 26, 2017

Christ the King
8:45 AM and 11:00 AM Worship

Welcome

We are so glad that you have joined us for worship this morning and we want you to know that you
are alwa
 ys welcome. Regardless of who you are, where you come from, what you do professionally or
in your spare time, there is always a place for you here at Greystone.

You can give us a record of your visit by filling out the blue Friendship Pads as they are passed down
the pews during the service. This will give us a chance to connect with you and help you learn more
about Greystone. You can also ask one of the Ministers or Ushers who will direct you to information
about our church or I invite you visit our website: www.greystonechurch.org.

Worship Care is available in our preschool area for babies to five-year-olds during both the 8:45 and
11:00 services. If you would like to place your children in Worship Care, please stop by the check-in
desk to register and drop off your children. We also have activity bags available for children of all
ages. They are located in the basket near the entrance to the Sanctuary.

I hope you find Greystone to be a vibrant, diverse community of faith. Our members come from a
wide-range of spiritual backgrounds and life experiences. All of them care deeply for each other and
the world around them. At Greystone, we believe “Every Member is a Minister.” I pray your
worship with us today leads you further down the path of God’s calling upon your life.
Welcome to Greystone Baptist Church!

Greystone Staff

Pastoral Staff [email protected]

RANDY ASHCRAFT, Pastor in the Interim [email protected]
APRIL ALSTON, Assoc. Minister of Children/Preschool [email protected]
AMANDA ATKIN, Assoc. Minister of Faith Formation
MIKE ELLER, Assoc. Minister of Music [email protected]
ALLAN SMITH, Assoc. Minister of Students [email protected]

Other Church Staff

PAM PHILLIPS, Weekday Preschool Director [email protected]
STEVE ROSE, Property Manager [email protected]
ANNETTE VARIANO, Admin. Assistant [email protected]

FINANCIAL SECRETARY [email protected]

This program was printed with permission under the CCLI License No. 295340

SERVICE OF WORSHIP 8:45 & 11:00 AM

Christ the King

W Please rise in body or spirit

PRELUDE “THE KING SHALL COME” arr. Broughton
Lee Ann Spahr, Organ Randy Ashcraft

WELCOME April Alston

OPENING SENTENCES Psalm 100 MADRID

W HYMN 225 COME, CHRISTIANS, JOIN TO SING Randy Ashcraft
All Stanzas Giardini

Children come forward during the last stanza Allan Smith

CHILDREN’S MESSAGE ST. ELIZABETH
Chris King
WORSHIP REFLECTION “COME, THOU ALMIGHTY KING”
Lee Ann Spahr, Organ

OLD TESTAMENT READING Ezekiel 34:11-16

Reader: The Word of the Lord.
People: Thanks be to God.

PASTORAL PRAYER

W HYMN 87 FAIREST LORD JESUS
All Stanzas

W OFFERTORY PRAYER

OFFERTORY “ALL CREATURES OF OUR GOD AND KING” arr. Boesiger
Tim Hendrix, Piano
ITALIAN HYMN
W RESPO
 NSE 8 COME, THOU ALMIGHTY KING, stanza 4

To Thee, great One in Three,
eternal praises be, hence evermore;
Thy sovereign majesty may we in glory see,
and to eternity love and adore. Amen!

SCRIPTURE READING Ephesians 1:15-23 Amanda Atkin

Reader: May God bless the reading of the Word.

People: Thanks be to God.

ANTHEM “HAPPY LAND” Hatton; arr. Harlan
Adult Choir

There is a happy land, far, far away,
where saints in glory stand, bright, bright as day.
Oh, how they sweetly sing, “Worthy is our Savior King.”
Loud let His praises ring, praise, praise for aye.

Bright, in that happy land, beams every eye.
Kept by a Father’s hand, love cannot die.

Oh, then, to glory run; be a crown and kingdom won;
And, bright, above the sun, reign evermore!

Come to that happy land, come, come away.
Why will you doubting stand? Why still delay?
Oh, we shall happy be, when from sin and sorrow free,
Lord, we shall dwell with Thee, blest evermore!

SERMON “HE’S GOT THE WHOLE WORLD IN HIS HANDS” Randy Ashcraft

DISCIPLINE OF SILENCE
God sat over the dark nothing and wrote you and me specifically into the story, and He put us in
specifically with the sunsets in the rainstorms as though to say, "Enjoy your place in My story,
the very beauty of it means it's not about you, and in time that will give you comfort.”

- Donald Miller, A Million Miles in a Thousand Years:
What I Learned While Editing My Life

W HYMN HE’S GOT THE WHOLE WORLD IN HIS HANDS Traditional

A minister will be at the front during this time to welcome any prayer need or
decision you would like to share - whether it is to publicly profess faith in Christ

or to join the Greystone church family. Respond as God's Spirit leads.

1. He’s got the whole world in His hands. (3x)
He’s got the whole world in His hands.

2. He’s got the sun and the moon in His hands. (3x)
He’s got the whole world in His hands.

3. He’s got you and me, brother, in His hands.
He’s got you and me, sister, in His hands.
He’s got everybody here in His hands.
He’s got the whole world in His hands.

4. He’s got the whole world in His hands. (3x)
He’s got the whole world in His hands.

W PASSING THE PEACE

Leader: The peace of Christ be with you.
People: And also with you.

W CELEBRATING COMMUNITY Randy Ashcraft

W HYMN 43 ALL HAIL THE POWER OF JESUS’ NAME, stanza 4 CORONATION

O that with yonder sacred throng, we at His feet may fall. Randy Ashcraft
We’ll join the everlasting song and crown Him Lord of all!

We’ll join the everlasting song and crown Him Lord of all!

W BENEDICTION

POSTLUDE “KING OF GLORY, KING OF PEACE” arr. J. Jones
Lee Ann Spahr, Organ

WORSHIP NOTES

The flowers today are provided by Jeb, Missy, Jillian, and Jamie Brookshire in honor and
recognition of Bill and Donna Judd for their tireless love and support they give to our family.

WORSHIP LEADERS TODAY

Chris King, Deacon of the Week
(919) 616-1183; [email protected]
Chris and Anjie King are active members of the music ministry including members of the Adult
Choir. They are also members of the Salt and Light Sunday School class and help in the babies
room on Sundays.

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Wednesday Night Adult Studies

Join us on Wednesday nights in November and December for Adult study and fellowship. There are
three options for your consideration. John Vestal will continue his study in the prophetic book of
Jeremiah. This small group is enjoying so much their discussion and reading of this major prophet.

Elaine Hansen will gather a group to write cards this Advent and Holiday Season. Amanda Atkin
will lead a group in an Advent study that offers a different way to move through the season.
Thanksgiving-to-Christmas is often experienced as a marathon and we find ourselves hurtling toward
the finish line. But there is an alternate route. Explore a different path to Christmas morning.

Classes start at 6:30 on November 29, December 6 and December 13.

One Service During Advent

Beginning December 3rd Greystone will gather on Sunday mornings to celebrate and worship as one
church family through New Years Eve Sunday December 31st. We will gather at 11:00am. The church
will hold services every Sunday night through the first four Sundays of Advent including Christmas
Eve. Please check your church calendars for further details.

This temporary change in schedule will give our congregation the opportunity to join together in
one heart and voice during these beginning days of the Interim and hopefully will strengthen the
impact of our worship and the "ties that bind" us as the people of God. You might even see some
faces you haven't seen in a while!

ANNOUNCEMENTS, CONTINUED

Youth V
 ariety Show Thank You!

Thank you to all who attended or otherwise supported the Youth Variety Show last Sunday night.
It was a great way to see how gifted our students are. It was also a wonderful memorial of Cindy
Vestal's ministry with so many youth at Greystone. We are grateful for the donations which were
received and are looking forward to ways that the donations will support youth missions. If you had
your picture taken and have not received it yet, it is available in the church office.

Stewardship Committee Thank You!

Thank you for your support in the 2018 Pledge Campaign. While the tally is being taken and
recorded, and in the unlikely event you didn’t have the opportunity to submit your pledge card,
there is still time. Call or come by the church office and pick up your pledge card, sign it, submit it.
It’s that easy. We are a blessed community that is walking hand-in-hand and together we are Building
Toward the Future.

Shoe Boxes for Hope

This year will be the 18th year Greystone has provided shoeboxes filled with gifts for the students of
Hope Elementary School and gift cards for the staff. The Greystone Youth are sponsoring this as a
church-wide mission project and sign-ups will begin today so look for the sign-up table outside the
sanctuary. We will dedicate the shoeboxes in our services on Dec. 17. We want to show Hope
Elementary that we support the special things they are doing and the leaders they are creating.
Contact Pam Ouzts at 919-931-9507, [email protected], or Leigh Ammons at 919-637-6881.

Lumberton Relief Effort

You are invited to join the team going to Lumberton Nov. 30 - Dec. 2 to reconstruct homes damaged
by Hurricane Matthew. You can go one, two or three days. You can stay with the team in Lumberton
or drive down for the day. Contact Jerry Chiles, [email protected] or call 919-606-2751.

Hanging of the Greens Service

On Sunday, December 3 at 6:30 PM, we will usher in the Advent season with a meaningful Hanging
of the Greens Service. We’ll join together to decorate our worship space, highlighted with carols and
readings. Your family is invited to join us as we begin the season of Advent.

Christmas at Greystone: The Word Became Flesh

Join us on Sunday, December 10 at 6:30 PM in the sanctuary as our community gathers for this
special program Featuring the Adult Choir, Soloists, Grace Tones Ensemble, with Narration and
Orchestra.

Wednesday Night Dinners at Greystone

We will accept reservations until noon on Mondays. You can reserve your meal by filling in a
reservation card (located in the Sanctuary pew racks) and placing that card in the offering plates,
calling the church office or by signing up through our church website. Meals are $7 per adult and
$4 per child. We are offering a family cap of $20. We will start serving dinner at 5:30 PM and
continue serving until 6:45 PM. Menus: 11/29/17-Roasted pork loin with raspberry chipotle sauce,
green beans, sweet potatoes, roll; 12/6/17–Bar-B-Q, fried chicken, slaw, boiled potatoes, hush
puppies, roll; 12/13/17–Lemon Chicken, mashed potatoes, green beans, roll.

Flowers for the Sanctuary

The 2018 Flower Calendar is now posted in the hallway by the door of the church office. You may
write your name next to the date you wish to provide flowers for the Sanctuary. The arrangements
start around $65.00. North Raleigh Florist provides free delivery but you are welcome to use your
own florist and arrange for delivery if that is a better option for you.

Updated Directory

The ’17 - ’18 updated Greystone Directory is available for pick up (one per family) in the hallway
outside of the Sanctuary. They are available in the church office during the work week. Thank you.

An opportunity to Serve

Greet the congregation as we come for worship and gather in the gifts and offerings of the people -
serve as an usher one Sunday each month, 8:45 AM or 11:00 AM service. Contact Mary Fran
Perkinson, [email protected] or 919-749-9748.

Volunteer Opportunity

Lead Mine Elementary is reaching out to the local community with a need for mentors in their
Positivity Project. Anyone interested in pairing with a student to be their “Positive Partner” can
contact Leslie Blackwood, Lead Mine Elementary PTA, at [email protected] or Lorri Heilig,
[email protected] for more details about this program. Volunteers are required to be a
registered Wake County Public School System Volunteer.

Save the Date: Passport Kids 2018

July 2-5 at Montreat. Reserve a spot for your 3rd-5th grader now with a $60 deposit by December 31.
See April for more information.

MISSION STATEMENT

With Christ as the Cornerstone, we will build a church
of living stones, where every member is a minister and
is equipped to express God’s love by word and deed to all people.

(based on 1 Peter 2:5, 6)

Worship with us this Advent…

Morning Worship 11:00 AM
DECEMBER 3, 10, 17

Hanging of the Greens Service 6:30 PM
DECEMBER 3

Usher in the Advent season with this family-friendly service
in which we will decorate our sanctuary — including carols, music and readings

Christmas at Greystone: The Word Became Flesh
DECEMBER 10 6:30 PM

A musical celebration featuring the GBC Music Ministries*

Service of Hope and Remembrance 6:30 PM
DECEMBER 17
A reflective service for those living with loss and grief - Gathering Room*

The Living Nativity 6:00, 6:30 & 7:00 PM
DECEMBER 20

A retelling of Christ’s birth by our Nativity characters, on the front lawn of the church

Morning Worship with Children’s Nativity
DECEMBER 24 11:00 AM

A service of worship with carols, readings and a children-led Nativity

Service of Carols and Candlelight 5:30 PM
DECEMBER 24
A family-friendly Christmas Eve service

*Childcare provided

P LRAYER IST (as of November 26) On-call Minister #: (919) 817-8975

Praise


• Lou and Marcia Ostendorff on the birth of their grandson, Magnus Shepherd Killingsworth
born November 18 (7lbs, 5oz, 20.5in)

• Skip and Jill Pike on the birth of their grandson, August John Bagwell
born November 22 (6lbs, 14oz) to parents Joshua and Isabel Bagwell

• Joe LeNoir III’s friend, Kenny Yacynych returned home from deployment

Hospital

• Duane Long, Duke Hospital

Health Concerns

• Martha Castleberry
• Lisha Stewart’s mother, Delores Griffith
• Milton Whann, Heather Choplin's dad
• Eileen Trawick
• Virginia Creamer’s son, Jack Creamer
• Linda Peterson’s friend, Finlay Judy
• Vercie Eller
• Ron Thompson’s friend, John Darr
• Amy Vandersip’s sister, Jill
• Pam Ouzts
• Joanne Thompson’s brother-in-law, Tim Marshall
• Dottie Thompson’s grandson, Edward Thompson
• Cathy Perkinson
• Karen Brewer’s sister, Nancy Jones
• Elizabeth Cregger
• Sylvia Goulding
• Roger Gardner
• Deanna Choplin’s friend, Emily Kinlaw

Residential / Health Care Facilities

• Abbotswood: Jean Brown
• Rex Nursing Care: Nancy Godwin
• Springmoor (SHC): Vergie Baxley, Lib Daniels, Sallie Greene, Pauline Noble, Juanita Register

Sympathy

• Erich Brewer’s family on the death of his mother, Margaret Kestner Brewer, 11/13/17
• Brad Ouzts’ family on the death of his father, Larry Ouzts, 11/10/17
• Swahili Church Pastor Felix Iyoko’s family on the death of his brother, Samuel, 11/2/17



THIS WEEK AT GREYSTONE

November Morning Worship
Sunday School

 26 8:45 am Morning Worship
9:45 Grace Tones Ensemble
11:00 Student Choir Rehearsal
4:00 pm Adult Handbell Choir Rehearsal
5:00 Youth Dinner and Fellowship
6:00

29 5:30 pm Wednesday Night Live Dinner
6:00 Worship Arts & Music for Children (WAM!)
6:15 Prayer & Adult Study
Youth Selah
6:45 Children’s Mission Study
7:15 Adult Choir Rehearsal

Worship Care Providers Sunday, Dec. 3

Today Missy Brookshire, Cheryl Grimes
Jim and Natalie Herrmann
Brian and Lilian Grant Chris and Anjie King
James and Shyla Tatum Ginny Liverance, Elizabeth Santana
Brad and April Walker
Brent and Jennifer Walker

“Every Member a Minister”

GREYSTONE BAPTIST CHURCH
7509 Lead Mine Road

Raleigh, North Carolina 27615
Office (919) 847-1333 Fax (919) 847-9893

www.greystonechurch.org